Drinking cup



DCC. 26, M F' TURNER DRINKING CUP Filed Jan. 50, 1953 VIABEL F TURNEQ SWW/Mor,

Patented Dec, ,26r1`933Y Y f, Damiana CUP Mabel F. Turner, Opportunity, Wash.

Application January 30, 1933. Serial No. V654,221

2 Claims.

My present invention relates to improvements in drinking cups which while adapted for use by various persons, and for divers purposes, are primarily intended for use by babies and young chil- I'dren. As is Well known, when a young child is drinking from the ordinary drinkingcup or mug, the child frequently tilts the cup to Such a position that the contents oi the cup will run out of the cup at the sides of the mouth, down the llexterior sides of the mouth to the chin, and

nally spill down the front of the apparelworn by the child. Under such conditions, the apparel is soiledfthe child presents an untidy appearance, and a portion of the contents of the cup is wasted.

The primary object of my invention is to overcome these objectionabley consequences by providing the cup with a receiving receptacle auxiliary to the drinking or dispensing receptacle, which auxiliary receptacle will catch any over- 20,;1iow of liquid from the cup and thus prevent soiling of the apparel. Y

The two compartments or receptacles of the cup are so arranged that the excess or overflow liquid above mentioned, after being caught in l the auxiliary receptacle, may be returned therefrom to the drinking 'receptacle or dispensing receptacle, withoutv necessity for removal from the cup, and thereafter, if desired, the recovered liquid may be drunk, thus eliminating waste. y

With the above ends in View the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. In the accompanying Vdrawing I have illustrated one'complete example Y,

3,5 rof the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode AI have devised for thel practical application of the principlesof my invention, but it will be understood that changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure, within the scope of my appended claims, without departing from the principles -of my invention. I

Figure 1 is a perspective viewv of a drinking` liicup or mug embodying the principles of my invention, and Figure 2 is a sectional View of the cup, tilted to position for use,'and indicating by the dotted lines the levels of the contents inthe dispensing receptacle and the auxiliary receptacle. 5011 In the preferred form of my invention the cup is fashioned as an integral unit of glass, ceramic ware, or other suitable material, and provided with the usual bottom 1 and cylindrical wall 2.

A handle 3 is provided at the right-hand side of 7 the cup, and fashioned with athumb-knob 4, in

order thatthe cup will naturally be heldin the correct position for use, by the right hand'of the child. In someA instances the handle may be placed in other positions, and of coursethe cup may be fashioned in other than integral units,

vdepending upon the nature loi, the material employed. Y v Within the cup is provided an upright transversely extending, integral, partition. 5 whichV forms at one sidethe large dispensing or drinking receptacle 6, and at its other side the smaller auxiliary receptacle 7, bothV receptacles being within the wall 2 of the cup. Y

As best seen in Figure 2 the face 5Y of the partition 5 bounding. the dispensing receptacle 6 is inclined outwardly and upwardly, and the partitition has a concavo-convex formation in crossY 8 of the partition, and this depression inthe wall of the cup is fashioned with an inturned flange 9 forming the terminus of the inclined face 10 of the wall of the auxiliary receptacle.

v Thus, it will be apparent that the'edge 8 of the partition is adapted to be inserted between the lips of the child, and the depression in the outer wall ofk the auxiliary receptacle is yadapted to llit up againstthe chin of the child, with-the inturned flange 9 in contact with Vthe chin. With lthe cup held in this position, as'in Figure 2, it

will be apparent that any excess liquid, or liquid that may overflow from the receptacle 6 around iary receptacle vand will then iiow into the auxiliary receptacle, near. the sides of the depression. kThe overflow is then retained in the auxiliary receptacle, as indicated in Figure-2. Y If desired, the cup may now be overturned, and Y 'the contents of the auxiliary receptacle may be covered. y

Having thus fully described myinvention, what 2. A drinking Cup having an upright partition therein concavo-eonvex in cross section and forming a dispensing receptacle and an auxiliary receptacle, the upper edge of the partition being depressed below the rim of the dispensing receptacle, the upper edge of the outer wall of the auxiliary receptacle being depressed below the depressed edge of the partition, and an inturned ange on the depressed edgezof the lauxiliary receptacle.

MABEL F. TURNER. 

